CLARK Prescription Drug Abuse - Misuse Neurobiology Epidemiology EBPs

Addiction is a Chronic Brain Disease
Drug and alcohol addiction are chronic &
relapsing diseases involving the brain’s
reward and control circuitries.
Neuroadaptations that follow chronic drug
exposure ultimately serve to impair the
function of brain regions involved with
motivation and self-control.
Substance dependence disorders have
relapse rates similar to those of
hypertension, diabetes, and asthma.
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